Railway-joint.



'PATENTED JAN. 28, 1908.

B. U. ANNAS.

\ RAILWAY JOINT. APPLICATION PILED-JULYil, 1907.

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No. 877,694. PATENTED JAN. 28, 1908. B. U. ANNAS. RAILWAY JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 11, 1907.

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E6 AILWAY-JOINT Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28, 1908.

Application filed July 11 1907. Serial No; 383,208-

To all whom it may poncern:

Be it known that i, BRATHER U. ANnAs, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Smw mill, in the county of Caldwell, State of Nort Caroline, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lisilwsy-Joints and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such. as will cnsbleothers skilled in the art to which it oppoitsinsto make and use the some.

This invention relates to new improvements in railway joints sndlit has more particular reference to ajoint formed as a. choir and adapted. to cooperate with one or niorefsh pistes, the use of the letter being optional.

The invention especially resides in the novel construction, combination and errengement of ports, end it has for its object to provide railway joint which shall serve to effectually prevent the mils from spread- .in or from sinking in at their i'neeting ends.

The detsils'of construction will appear in the course of the following description, in which reference had to the accompanying drswin gs forming a. port of this spccificzv tion, like characters of reference designating similar srl:s tl'iroughout the several views. wherein Figure l i" plan view showing thev mine. ner oi use a joint constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. i. a. sectional view on the line 2---2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a. detailed pers 'iective View of the member forming the subject matter of the present invention. 4- is an elevation looking at the outer side of the joint.

The joint comprehended in the present in rention comprises essentially a member designated generally by the numeral 5 and including a. body or base portion 6, formed with. openings 7 for the passage of spikes or bolts 8 which are employed to fasten said member to the tie 9. The body portion 6 has its blsnlr formed with parallel kerfs and and useful overhang the flanges of the rails 12 and 5 tensions l1 afford a means for preventing the mils 12 from sinking into the tie at the joint.

VJhile it is preferred 'to use this device at r the joint, it is to be understood that the members 5 may be arranged along the body portions of the rails at so ected determinate intervals for the purpose of reducing the number of ties ordinarily employechso that consequent saving in timber is effected. The invention is simple in its structure details, inexpensive to manufacture and prais ticsl and efficient in use. I, From the foregoing de'scriptlon'it will be seen that simple and efficient means are-pro vided for accomplishing the objects of the invention, but while the elements herein shown and described are well adapted to" serve the functions set forth, it is obvious that various minor changes may be made in the proportions, shape and arrmgementlof the several parts, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claim What is claimed is:

A device of the type set forth, comprising the combination with rail sections and a. tie, of o member-including a base or'body per-- tion formed with parallel slits, the said mom her being secured to the tie, the materislbetween said slits being bent upwardly to alffditl n resilient integral fish plate, and the ma.-

tcriol on each side of said slits being extended and affording base pieces having their extremities inturned as lips as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signsturc, in presence of two witnesses.

BRATHER U. ANNAS. Witnesses:

W. E. STARNES, R. 0. B. MARTIN. 

